When art director extraordinaire Sandra Salamony first laid out the idea of the book, I knew that it would be unlike anything I had worked on before, and entirely special. Here's a brief breakdown of the awesomeness that is this book:

First off, I get to illustrate the constellations. About fifty-five (55!) of them. I mean, how cool is that?

P.K.'s photos of the night sky are gorgeous.

The book delves into the mythology and stories, my favorite part.

The illustrations are a fusion of Greek and Asian design elements, with a healthy dash of my quirks thrown in. Extra points to anyone who can find a little Cthulu in there.

Coolest of all, the artwork is printed on a transparency that lies on top of the photo. You can lift it up to enjoy the night stars, then put it back down to try and figure out how the ancients managed to see anything at all in those lights (my theory includes plenty of free time and a lot of wine).

My little digital camera can't do justice to how mind-numbingly cool this book is, but here's a quick shot of Sagittarius.

Here is the original Saggittarius cut-paper artwork, and the sketch which birthed it. Each of the illos for this were cut from a single black sheet of paper. 'Twas a relief not to worry about glue. They are mighty floppy, though.

The book is available pretty much everywhere, I think, including Amazon:

Strong With This One #wip.
Apparently, wood paper is a thing. I mean, of course paper made of wood isn’t new, but wood sliced so thin as to be paper seems to be. At least to me. It’s very handy for building faces, along with a pretty bronze-ish chiyogami for a shiny shadow
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So many pieces, so many cuts. #wip for a new piece in the Paper Heroes show that just opened in Israel. It's nice to get a chance to work with bright colors again. It's been awhile
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"Paper Heroes" goes live tomorrow, October 5,2017 at the old Jaffa Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Paper cutting, origami, curling, paper sculpture and many more techniques have been employed by an international group of 36 artists, scattered across 3 continents, to depict or comment on their heroes or the idea of heroism.
I've got a couple pieces in the exhibition that run to the colorful, vibrant side of my art. There's even brand new work that speaks to my ideas of heroism on a couple of different levels, from the very tiny and personal to the massively galactic, from a long time ago to the immediate now.
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Ginza Gallery G2's Monochrome 12square exhibition lasts just one more day. One more chance to check out some astounding, mostly B&W artwork by a whole bunch of cool, talented creators. Myself included. In fact, you can actually see my work in these pics!
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Monochrome 12square at Ginza Gallery G2. Open now until August 15th! Drop on by to Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Ginza 1-9-8 岡野ビル 1F and check out a huge variety of amazing work by a ton of super talented folk, including myself ( though my art isn't in this photo, so you don't have to hunt for it just yet...)
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monochrome12square is open at Ginza Gallery G2 in Ginza, Tokyo until August 15, 2017. A collection of amazing work from a wide variety of artists, all ties together by the small square format and the (mostly) black and white art. I hope you can stop on by!
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